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BUTTON HOLE FOR WEARING APPAREL. No. 320,132. PatentedJune 16, 1885.

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IVALLr XCE I. GROOM, OF BROOKLYN, NEllV YORK.

BUTTON-HOLE FOR WEARING-APPAREL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,132, dated June 16, 1885.

Application filed January 3, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VALLACE P. GROOM, of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Articles of Tearing-Apparel Provided with Button- Holes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is more particularly intended for stiff fabrics or materials, such as cuffs and collars made wholly or in part of chrolithion or other pyroXyline compound or plastic material, or of paper but the invention may also with advantage be embodied in textile fabrics which are to be starched or stiffened, and in fabrics generally, whether the button-holes are to receive buttons having the head and foot rigidly joined by a shank or buttons which are sewed, riveted, or otherwise permanently secured to the garment or article.

The invention consistsin abutton-hole made in the form of a curved or arcshapedslot, with parallel sides or margins, and having in the convex side or margin a gap, notch, or recess, which receives the post or shank of a cuffbutton, or the eye and thread or the shank of a button, which is sewed or otherwise permanently secured in place, while inserting the button into or removing it from the buttonhole, as more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents in plan View a cufi provided with my improved button-holes. Fig. 2 is a sectional View of the cuff through the buttonhole and represents a button in the position which it occupies while being inserted; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the button and button-hole, showing them in the same position as in Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates a cuff in which I have chosen to illustrate my invention, and in the corners of which are buttonholes B. The length of the cuff is not properly proportioned to the width or depth.

Each button-hole consists or is made in the form of an arc-shaped or curved slot having parallel curved sides or margins a a, the former of which, a, is convex, and the latter (No model.)

of which, a, is concave, and in the convex side or margin a is a gap recess, or notch, a This butto nhole may be made by means of a punch or cutter, which will remove a portion of the material, and in the case of buttonholes in woven fabric or leather the edges or margins of the button-hole may be worked in the usual way by sewing.

I have shown a cuff-button comprising a head, I), a foot, I), and a post or shank, b rigidly uniting the head and foot.

Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate the manner of inserting the button into a button-hole. The foot 5' is slipped obliquely into the slot B, and the notch or recess (0* receives the shank or post b*. The notch or recess (i should be deep enough, so that when the button is brought to an oblique position, as shown in Fig. 8, the notch or recess will receive the shank sufficiently far into it to enable the farther side of the foot to almost or quite pass the margin or side a without deflecting it. In buttons having heads of large size, however, the head may strike upon the cuff, as shown in Fig. 2, and may sometimes cause a slight deflect-ion of the margins or sides in entering and removing the button.

'When the button is inserted and stands at right angles to the cuff, the foot I) will underlie the button-hole on both sides thereof, and will resist any attempt to withdraw the button until it is adjusted into an oblique position, similar to that in which it was placed to insert it.

I prefer to make the button-hole slightly rounded at the juncture of the sides of the notch a with the margin a, so that no sharp corners will be formed, and this will be found of special advantage when the button-hole is embodied in cuffs, collars, or other goods, and is to be worked by sewing. In inserting a button into this button-hole formed in cuffs, collars, shoes, gloves, and other articles, it will be found that the edges of the button-hole will not be crowded up or bunched in front of the button because of the recess at and the curved form of the button-hole.

\Vhen the invention is embodied in cuffs or collars made wholly or in part of paper or of chrolithion or other pyroxyline compound or plastic material, the necessity of strength- IOC ening or re-enfor'cing the edges ofthe buttonholes is obviated.

The button-holes may occupy any desired position in the cuff or other article. As here shown, three of the button-holes have their or recess afin the convex or weaker edge or margin,:I enable the butou to be inserted more easily than would be possible without the notch or recess, and I leave the strength of the concave edge or margin unimpaired.

WhatIclaim as my invention, and desire to 20 secure by Letters Patent, is

An article of wearingapparel provided with abutton-hole made in the form of an arc-shaped, or curved slot with parallel sides or margins a a, and having in the convex side or margin 2 5 a the notch or recess a*, substantially as herein described.

WALLACE P. GROOM.

Witnesses O. HALL, FREDK. HAYNES. 

